Surface dressing applicator



Jan. 27, 1959 E. J. ALBERT SURFACE DRESSING APPLICATOR Filed March 9, 1955 FIG- 1.

INVENTOR EnwAR o J'. ALBERT ATTORNEY United States. Patent 2,870,471 r SURFACE DRESSING APPLICATOR Edward J. Albert, West Orange, N. 1., assignor to Matthew W. Grnm and Florence Grum, Short Hills, N. J.

A Application March 9, 1955, Serial No. 493,159

7 Claims. (Cl. 15-134) This invention relates to a structure for applying a suitable dressing to some chosen surfacewhich has become worn or faded andrequires a treatment torestore or improve the looks of the surface whatever it may be, whether it is a wood or fabric surface or leather such as a shoe, it being understood of course that the color of the dressing which is carried in the container is of such a nature to co-act with the surface to which the dressing is applied.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to the annexed drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is chiefly a sectional view through the applicator mounted on a container.

Figure 2 is a view of Figure 1 looking down on the top of the applicator per se.

Figure 3 is a view looking at the bottom of the applicator within the container of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing a cover over the applicator which is turned at an acute angle from that shown in Figure 1, the cover being broken away.

Figure 5 is a view of the applicator and stopper in one position during their use.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the upper part of the applicator per se as it would appear when mounted on a container and showing a modified form for treating special surfaces.

In the different views wherein like numbers refer to corresponding parts, 1 is a container for carrying the material to be applied to a chosen surface. This container is preferably of rigid material of suitable metal or some rigid plastic material. The end of the container maybe provided with an annular recess 2 or threads to receive a closure cap 3. Mounted within the end of the container 1 is a closure means 4 which may be of relatively rigid material such as cork. The closure member 4 has a hole therethrough to receive the stud portion 5 of the applicator generally referred to as A and composed of flexible porous material such assponge rubber. The applicator A has an exterior portion which in vertical section is triangular in shape wherein the two sides 6 and 7 extending from its base meet at an edge 8. It will be noted that at the base portion of the sides 6 and 7 the applicator has inwardly extending cuts 9 and 10, these cut portions normally resting on the upper surface of the closure member 4. The purpose of these cuts will be directly pointed out. Stud portion 5 of the applicator A has a hole preferably centrally located therein extending from its inner end up into the base of the applicator A. Preferably there is located in this hole a tube 11 of any suitable metal or rigid plastic material, to convey the dressing material which is in fluid form up into the extending form of the applicator A. Since the stud 5 of the applicator A is made of flexible material the end of the stud 5 can be compressed and forced through the hole in the.closure member 4, after which it will expand as shown at 12 thereby locking the applicator A securely within the closure member 4. The tube 11 may be somewhat shorter "ice ing surface down to the edge 8. When theapplicator is" moved in the opposite direction the surface 6 will assume a curved position similar to 7 sothat 'in the forward and back movement of the container 1, fluid from the container is moved to these opposite surfaces 6 and 7 so that very uniform application of the material within the container 1 is applied to the surface being operated on and since the applicator comes to an edge 8 I have foundthis to be advantageous in polishing shoes as this edge S may be moved into the space between the sole of the shoe and j the flexible leather which encases the foot of the user. With this construction an Ezy-Shine is obtained- I have found that this applicator is not only highly advantageous in applying polish to shoes but to other surfaces especially wood, as the edge 8 produces a very nice even application of the polish material which of course may be of any desired color to suit the object being operated on.

In Figure 6, I have shown at 14 a slightly modified form which includes the edge 8. In this form there is a relatively thin mohair camlet applied thereto in any satisfactory manner. This camlet is used only for special purposes where an extra smooth surface is required.

Acamlet in the early days originally was made of camels hair. It is now usually made, sometimes of silk, sometimes of hair, especially that of goats, with strands of silk. In some cases the warp is silk and wool twisted together and the woof is hair.

With this type of applicator in either form as shown in Figures 4 or 6 I prefer to use a rigid container instead of a flexible one but it can be utilized with either.

From what has been said it will be seen that certain of the details may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An applicator, for applying dressing to a chosen surface, said applicator including a suitable closure member for a container carrying the dressing, said closure having a hole therethrough, the hole being preferably centrally located, a device carried by the closure member for conveying the dressing out of the container, said de vice being of flexible porous material such as sponge rubber and having a stem portion adapted to be squeezed through the hole in the closure member so its inner end will automatically expand and lock the device into the closure member, the device having a part projecting outwardly beyond the closure member and this projecting part being triangular in cross section with its base engaging said closure member and having cuts on opposite sides at the places where the base of the device seats on the closure member for the purpose described, said device having a hole extending from the inner end of said stem portion up to at least the base of said projecting part of the structure to feed the dressing from the container to the outer free edge of the projecting portion of the device.

2. An applicator as set forth in claim 1 further defined in that the hole in the stem portion has a tube of suitable material securely located in the stem hole for freely carrying the dressing from the container out to the bendable triangularly shaped portion.

3. An applicator, for applying a suitable dressing to a chosen surface, comprising a device made of suitable porous material and having an applying portion, a vertical section of which is triangular in shape and having a ,37 1, Patented Jan. 27, 1959 gamma.

tubular extension adapted to be mounted-silica container closure membensaid extension having a hole extending frornfiits free-end up to at least the-base of its triangularly shaped portion, the base of thesaid portion having oppositely positioned cuts therein whereby the structure can be readily tilted-toget a smooth Wiping actionon thesun' face to Which the-dressing is being applied.

4; An'applica'tor as set forth in claim 3 further definedin that atube of suitable rigid material is positioned in the hole of said extension as and for the purposes described.

5. An-applicator for applying a dressing in a fluid state from a 'containerto a chosen surface, said applicator being made of a porous flexible material such as sponge rubber, a closure'means for the container, the applicator having a base portion engaging the outer surface of said closure means" and a stem' portion going through the closure means with means for anchoring the stern in the closure means; the stem having a-longitudinally extending hole therethrough, the exposed part of the applicator having two oppositely positioned Wiping surfaces coming to an edge aWayfrom the closure means, the applicator having cutsxatthebase of the Wiping surfaces whereby the appli--- References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 506,539 Palmer. et al Oct. 10, 1893 1,529,192 Kotzen Mar. 10,1925 2,101,310 Callaghan Dec. 7, 1937 2,282,406 Hollenbeck May 12, 1942 2,687,543 Mendelevitch Aug. 31, 1954 FOREIGN PATENT-St 579,305 Great'Br'itain' July '30, 1946' France Dec. 22, 1954' 

